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Created On January 31st, 2008 by angy
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The annual Big Day Out festival swept through both Sydney and Melbourne over the Australia Day long weekend, with the amazing mainstage performance from Rage Against the Machine and Carl Cox’s closing set in the Boiler Room counting as highlights. You can check out the Melbourne photos HERE while the review is HERE, while for Sydney coverage you can check out the photos HERE and read the ITM review HERE.
Judging by the discussion in the Sydney forum thread, the most memorable moment of last Friday’s Big Day Out was undoubtedly when the reunited Rage Against the Machine brought it home on the main stage. These are sentiments that our ITM reviewer certainly agreed with: “The band dynamics were so tight it was like they’d never broken up: like watching an old jazz band, where the members don’t even need to look at each other to initiate progression in the song… The seething anger in their delivery reached its peak with the rapturously received encore of Killing In The Name Of, and it was something that you just had to be there to experience.”
And veteran DJ Carl Cox might have headlined the Boiler Room several times before, but this didn’t stop him from leaving a big impression on the 25,000+ people that had gathered in the massive warehouse-style space by the end of the night. And it was both looking and sounding better than it ever has before, boasting some of the most impressive production that has ever been seen at a large-scale dance event.
Reports have just started to flow in from Monday’s Big Day Out event in Melbourne (check the forum thread HERE), but the crowd was lucky enough to experience one important thing that Sydney punters were denied: after cancelling her Friday Big Day Out performance, Icelandic pop princess Bjork made a miraculous recovery and was fit and well for the Melbourne show. “Bjork. What a performance,” raved a user in the forums. “Easily up there with the best, the show was a perfect story.”
locky says...
For me,the most average big day out ive ever been to..Carl cox was the highlight though.
barkus says...
well, interesting event. it was big, really big, daunting even? Bjork was a little misplaced in that lineup.....a little....well, a lot really. The thing that made the rest of the day worthwhile was RATM. I've seen them. No need to go to Big Day Out any more coz nothing will ever come close.
barkus says...
well, interesting event. it was big, really big, daunting even? Bjork was a little misplaced in that lineup.....a little....well, a lot really. The thing that made the rest of the day worthwhile was RATM. I've seen them. No need to go to Big Day Out any more coz nothing will ever come close.
rando_y says...
No disrespect to Bjork as an artist, but what the heck were the BDO organisers thinking??? Putting Bjork on the Main stage, for an hour and 15 mins, right before RAGE were scheduled to come on, was the one of the worst decisions ever. Most if not All the fans in 'The D' of the main stage there to see RATM and were already tired, restless and squished up, and then having to endure Bjork - who would have been much more suited to somewhere like Lilyworld or the Greenstage - was just asking for trouble. That said however, RAGE did not disappoint, playing all their hits and working up the crowd with their passion, energy and charisma, they were easily the highlight of this year's BDO and the main reason why most people attended.
kingrino1 says...
i hope that when people read these comments they understand these are just peoples opinions, not facts. I loved Bjork. not a fan, but I loved her set. I loved Rage, big fan and I loved them. I loved Dizzee, not a fan but now am. etc etc
adamwitt says...
Dizzie was f^$king EPIC. Such a wicked set. Krafty also played an awesome fun set, spewin that he had to cut the music half way through coz a few rowdy people were dancing up on the containers. Good times but they took their sweet time getting off, they turned into villains after that. Rage was wicked, bit sh1t sound quality but I spose you can't expect too much standing100m from the stage. definately would have been a better experience if i was up front and center, but couldnt b bothered moshing. grinspoon were pretty good and the gurge brought back good memories of when i was 14. good times all round. mega tired at work now.
adamwitt says...
Dizzie was f^$king EPIC. Such a wicked set. Krafty also played an awesome fun set, spewin that he had to cut the music half way through coz a few rowdy people were dancing up on the containers. Good times but they took their sweet time getting off, they turned into villains after that. Rage was wicked, bit sh1t sound quality but I spose you can't expect too much standing100m from the stage. definately would have been a better experience if i was up front and center, but couldnt b bothered moshing. grinspoon were pretty good and the gurge brought back good memories of when i was 14. good times all round. mega tired at work now.